“I’m looking at Scott, and Scott’s done a fantastic job at EPA,” Trump told reporters Friday at the White House. “I’m not happy about certain things. I’ll be honest.”

Trump added that Pruitt has “done a fantastic job running the EPA, which is very overriding. But I am not happy about it.”

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The embattled EPA chief is under continuous fire over allegations that he’s wasted taxpayer money on himself, violated ethics standards and used government staff for personal tasks like running errands and finding jobs for his wife at Chick-fil-A and conservative organizations.

He’s under more than a dozen federal investigations for controversial moves such as spending $3.5 million for a personal security detail and renting a condo from the wife of an energy lobbyist for just $50 for each night he spent there.

Just Friday morning, the EPA confirmed that Pruitt had a communications consultant with energy clients help get him tickets to the Rose Bowl game and had his staff assist in getting his daughter a White House internship.

Trump has consistently stood by Pruitt amid the scandals and has come out multiple times recently to say that he stands by the EPA head.